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A fix for some venues: only sell tickets at the door. Scalpers will have to work for it the old fashioned way then. This, of course, obviates the need for Ticketmaster (which needs to die in a fire). Realistically, Ticketmaster has a monopoly because they merged with the biggest artist management company, so if you want big artists you have to contract with them. The situation will not improve until antitrust enforce…
Why do the organizations putting on events like these leave so much money on the table? Why don't they just charge the market-clearing price themselves, leaving no room for scalpers to make any profit?
I was thinking about this recently, and came up with two possible reasons: 1. The enjoyment of attendees can be partly dependent on the enthusiasm of other attendees. Consider the extremes: an audience entirely comprised of people who hardly know the artist, but can afford it Vs an audience comprised of only die-hard fans, irrespective of their ability to afford a ticket. The first has a flat atmosphere, the second,…
A fix for some venues: only sell tickets at the door. Scalpers will have to work for it the old fashioned way then. This, of course, obviates the need for Ticketmaster (which needs to die in a fire). Realistically, Ticketmaster has a monopoly because they merged with the biggest artist management company, so if you want big artists you have to contract with them. The situation will not improve until antitrust enforce…
Or tie each ticket to a name and check ID?
IMO, Comic Con has done a pretty fine job at eliminating scalpers. They do this in a few ways: - Random selection over an hour at ticket sale time that is unique per device, with some 'are you human' checks along the way to make it more difficult to bot. - Requiring physical delivery of the badge with a maximum number per address, or government issued ID to pick it up in person. - Random ID checks during the con. - T…
> So even if you bought it from a scalper, you would now have the code for next year's presale. i would imagine a scalper would record the code from the badge as well, before giving it to you. So this means they're going to be able to buy just as well, and may be invalidate the code before you get to use it!
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Simple fix then, ban reselling. The artist and TM still get the revenue, but the scalper gets inventory they can't move. What about the fans? Similar to airlines, let people buy standby tickets, at the event, check attendance, if there is space let the stand bys in. TM still gets paid twice, scalper has garbage, and fans get in. What about fans who can't go? Buy the insurance at checkout, if you can't go the insuranc…
Instead of banning resale, why not just allow resale at face value? The French open(tennis) does this and makes it possible to still get tickets at a reasonable price up until the day of the event.
Banning resale is not about selling per se but banning the changing of ownership. The person who paid is verified to be the one attending.
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That would just return them to the status quo ante where scalpers sell through third parties.
If you tied tickets to names and required ID at the venue (allowing refunds in case you couldn't make it), this wouldn't work and scalping would basically end overnight. The fact that neither Ticketmaster nor the performers nor the venues has ever taken this simple step is the proof that it's not in their interest to do so. Note that events where the promoters are actually interested in having people show up instead…
1) when buying for young kids. Minors don't always have ID and are rarely expected to have them in public.
2) when you buy for a group. You may not have everyone's ID on hand at once, and it makes it harder for honest friends to get tickets together. You don't need to sit together at PAX.
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That would just return them to the status quo ante where scalpers sell through third parties.
If you tied tickets to names and required ID at the venue (allowing refunds in case you couldn't make it), this wouldn't work and scalping would basically end overnight. The fact that neither Ticketmaster nor the performers nor the venues has ever taken this simple step is the proof that it's not in their interest to do so. Note that events where the promoters are actually interested in having people show up instead…
A fix for some venues: only sell tickets at the door. Scalpers will have to work for it the old fashioned way then. This, of course, obviates the need for Ticketmaster (which needs to die in a fire). Realistically, Ticketmaster has a monopoly because they merged with the biggest artist management company, so if you want big artists you have to contract with them. The situation will not improve until antitrust enforce…
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Why is it that rich people are solemnly staring in general? You'd think they'd be whooping it up on account of being made.
Rich people involved in business or politics have reputation risk and can’t be seen “letting loose”. See the Dean Scream.
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